Field Notes

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Vaira: 2019-12-19 11:00:00 (DOY 353)
Author: Joe Verfaillie
Others: Siyan

Summary: Grass is growing, trees are bare, standard fieldwork, went to the pond, smoke to the south? electric fence back on.

Vaira
2019-12-19

Siyan and I arrived about 11:00. It was cool and sunny with little to no wind. There was more rain yesterday and fog in the Delta this morning. The ground is officially wet but not soggy and not too much run off yet. There are puddles in the road. The trees are mostly bare except for a couple stubbornly holding on to a few leaves. The grass has germinated and is 3 to 5cm tall. I did not notice any difference in the grass under the trees versus the open areas.

We collected the data and did the soil moisture and well measurements. No problems found.

I fixed and turned on the electric fence when we left.

We went to the pond. The road up the hill was still passable with two-wheel drive.

There was what looked like a fire to the south visible from the rise near the well. White smoke rising from a relatively larger area. Maybe a controlled burn.

Field Data

No tank data

Well Depth

Date	Location	Depth (feet)
2019-12-19	VR_well	59.3
2019-12-19	TZ_floor	29.2
2019-12-19	TZ_tower	34.2
2019-12-19	TZ_road	37.7

mode = both
Moisture Point Probes TZ
Array ( [0] => Tower_1 [1] => Floor_South_1 [2] => Floor_West_1 [3] => Soil_Transect_4_1 [4] => Soil_Transect_3_1 [5] => Soil_Transect_2_1 [6] => Soil_Transect_1_1 [7] => SoilCO2_West_A_1 [8] => SoilCO2_West_B_1 [9] => SoilCO2_West_C_1 [10] => Tower_2 [11] => Floor_South_2 [12] => Floor_West_2 [13] => Soil_Transect_4_2 [14] => Soil_Transect_3_2 [15] => Soil_Transect_2_2 [16] => Soil_Transect_1_2 [17] => SoilCO2_West_A_2 [18] => SoilCO2_West_B_2 [19] => SoilCO2_West_C_2 [20] => Tower_3 [21] => Floor_South_3 [22] => Floor_West_3 [23] => Soil_Transect_4_3 [24] => Soil_Transect_3_3 [25] => Soil_Transect_2_3 [26] => Soil_Transect_1_3 [27] => SoilCO2_West_A_3 [28] => SoilCO2_West_B_3 [29] => SoilCO2_West_C_3 [30] => Tower_4 [31] => Floor_South_4 [32] => Floor_West_4 [33] => Soil_Transect_4_4 [34] => Soil_Transect_3_4 [35] => Soil_Transect_2_4 [36] => Soil_Transect_1_4 [37] => SoilCO2_West_A_4 [38] => SoilCO2_West_B_4 [39] => SoilCO2_West_C_4 )

0000

Date	DOY	Rep	Depth	Tower_1	Floor_South_1	Floor_West_1	Soil_Transect_4_1	Soil_Transect_3_1	Soil_Transect_2_1	Soil_Transect_1_1	SoilCO2_West_A_1	SoilCO2_West_B_1	SoilCO2_West_C_1	Tower_2	Floor_South_2	Floor_West_2	Soil_Transect_4_2	Soil_Transect_3_2	Soil_Transect_2_2	Soil_Transect_1_2	SoilCO2_West_A_2	SoilCO2_West_B_2	SoilCO2_West_C_2	Tower_3	Floor_South_3	Floor_West_3	Soil_Transect_4_3	Soil_Transect_3_3	Soil_Transect_2_3	Soil_Transect_1_3	SoilCO2_West_A_3	SoilCO2_West_B_3	SoilCO2_West_C_3	Tower_4	Floor_South_4	Floor_West_4	Soil_Transect_4_4	Soil_Transect_3_4	Soil_Transect_2_4	Soil_Transect_1_4	SoilCO2_West_A_4	SoilCO2_West_B_4	SoilCO2_West_C_4	Spacial Count
2019-12-19	353	0	nan	27.3	18.2	24.7	15.8	20.9	20	16.2	30.5	29.9	19.7	27.1	29.2	28.9	23.4	31	37.6	14.5	24.9	19.1	29.2	27.6	38.6	34.3	25.4	32.4	33.2	24.8	34.5	34.3	37.1	38.2	13.3	42.5	30.2	44	47.1	14.2	44	48.8	46.8
2019-12-19	353	1	nan	27.3	17.3	24.4	16.8	20.3	25.6	15.9	30.5	29.4	19.7	26.4	29.5	28.6	33.1	30.7	31	14.8	25.5	19.1	28.9	27.9	37.7	33.8	25.1	32.9	32.9	25.1	33.5	33.8	36.6	37.4	13.9	42	30.5	44	46.6	13.9	43.1	46.8	46.8
2019-12-19	353	Avg	0-15cm																																									0
2019-12-19	353	Avg	15-30cm																																									0
2019-12-19	353	Avg	30-45cm																																									0
2019-12-19	353	Avg	45-60cm																																									0

mode = both
Moisture Point Probes VR
Array ( [0] => Solar_Panels_1 [1] => Flux_Tower_1 [2] => Biomass_Cage_1 [3] => Solar_Panels_2 [4] => Flux_Tower_2 [5] => Biomass_Cage_2 [6] => Solar_Panels_3 [7] => Flux_Tower_3 [8] => Biomass_Cage_3 [9] => Solar_Panels_4 [10] => Flux_Tower_4 [11] => Biomass_Cage_4 )

0000

Date	DOY	Rep	Depth	Solar_Panels_1	Flux_Tower_1	Biomass_Cage_1	Solar_Panels_2	Flux_Tower_2	Biomass_Cage_2	Solar_Panels_3	Flux_Tower_3	Biomass_Cage_3	Solar_Panels_4	Flux_Tower_4	Biomass_Cage_4	Spacial Count
2019-12-19	353	0	nan	29.9	15	15.3	28	30.7	22	36.6	17.3	32.4	43.7	31.1	32.5
2019-12-19	353	1	nan	29.9	22	153	27.1	31	23.1	31.5	17.3	32.4	43.1	30.2	32.5
2019-12-19	353	Avg	0-15cm													0
2019-12-19	353	Avg	15-30cm													0
2019-12-19	353	Avg	30-45cm													0
2019-12-19	353	Avg	45-60cm													0

No TZ grass heigth found

No VR grass heigth found

No VR Tree DBH found

No water potential data found

No VR Grass Biomass data found

No VR OakLeaves Biomass data found

No VR PineNeedles Biomass data found

2 photos found

20191219VR_SmokeToTheSouth.jpg ( 2019-12-19 00:00:00 ) Full size: 1920x1094
What looks like smoke rising from a relatively large area to the south